Art Museum of Montenegro

The art unit of the National Museum of Montenegro in the Government House: over 4,000 works of Montenegrin and Yugoslav art, memorial rooms of Lubarda, Milunović, Filo and Dado, and the icon of Our Lady of Philermos in the Blue Chapel.

Art Museum · Cetinje

Photo: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hours: Summer season (11 or 15 April to 15 November), daily 09:00-16:00 …Tickets: €5

The Art Museum of Montenegro (Umjetnički muzej Crne Gore) is the art unit of the National Museum of Montenegro, in the Government House (Vladin dom) at Novice Cerovića bb in Cetinje. Founded in 1950 as the National Gallery within the State Museum, it holds over 4,000 works. Its best-known single object is the icon of Our Lady of Philermos, shown in the "Blue Chapel". In summer it opens daily 09:00-16:00.

Opening hours and tickets

Summer season (to 15 November; the unit page gives 11 April and the institution's timetable 15 April as the start): daily 09:00-16:00. Winter: Monday to Friday 09:00-15:00. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing across the National Museum. The museum closed for technical maintenance on 10-13 July 2026, so short closures do happen; the news page on narodnimuzej.me lists them.

The price list gives a joint ticket for the Historical Museum and the Art Museum at €5 for adults and €2.50 for pupils and students. The Historical Museum's permanent exhibition in the same building is listed as closed to visitors, and the museum has not said whether the Art Museum alone still costs €5. The collective ticket for all National Museum units and the Njegoš Mausoleum is €20 (€10 for pupils and students); children under 12 enter free.

What to see

Our Lady of Philermos. The icon (the museum page calls it "Filermska") is displayed on its own in the Blue Chapel.
Memorial rooms of four Montenegrin painters: Milo Milunović, Petar Lubarda, Branko Filipović Filo and Miodrag Đurić Dado. Further rooms show Pero Poček, Mihajlo Vukotić, Miloš Vušković, Jovan Zonjić and Vojo Stanić.
The wider collection: Montenegrin art, Yugoslav art, foreign authors, the Vukmanović gift, applied and naive art, copies of frescoes and icons.

Landscape paintings along white walls in a long room with a bench — A gallery of the Art Museum, CetinjePhoto: Sailko, CC BY 3.0

Contemporary and temporary exhibitions of the same unit are shown at the Montenegrin Gallery of Art "Miodrag Dado Đurić" on Balšića Pazar.

A standing bronze figure in front of framed paintings on white walls — Paintings and a bronze figure in the Art Museum, CetinjePhoto: Sailko, CC BY 3.0

History

The National Gallery was founded in 1950 as part of the State Museum and later became the Art Museum. It shares the Government House with the Historical Museum's permanent exhibition. In 2012 the unit gained the Dado gallery in a converted commercial building across town.

Getting there

The Government House is at Novice Cerovića bb, where the National Museum also has its administration; the other units on Dvorski trg are a short walk away. The museum publishes nothing on accessibility.

Nearby

Questions

Is the Historical Museum in the same building open? No; it is listed as closed to visitors without dates. The Art Museum is open.

How much does the Art Museum cost? The published ticket is €5 (€2.50 reduced), priced jointly with the Historical Museum; confirm the price at the door while that part is closed.

Where is the Our Lady of Philermos icon? In the Blue Chapel of the Art Museum, Government House, Cetinje.